Navy put.on an offensive clinic on how to run an offense with a strong, mobile QB. Why can't we run something similar with Lausch? Hi
Think Braun and Lujan were watching?
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Navy's O certainly looked more creative and modern day compared to what we showed. Lots of motion, deception trickery. It's what I thought Lujan was supposed to be bringing us
The crazy thing about that game was that neither team played even once option which had been the trademark of the Service Academies for decades.
"Motion, deception and trickery?" Well, Lujan's move to be Cats OC deceived and tricked a lot of people into believing he was ready for the job. At least he is "developing" as a Big 10 OC, so we have that going for us.
Hard to do any of the above if your OL can’t block anybody for more than a second or two. You got to be able to do the basics first. Walk before you can run.
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That’s on Fitz and Bajakian (or maybe it was the tail end of McCall) if you’re talking about missing on him as a HS recruit.
When at the bottom of the pecking order for recruits it behooves you to examine all methods of offense. There are alot more veer and triple option qbs available to us than 5* drop back passers. Army is 11-2 and Navy 9-3. Our job is to win games, not develope NFL players. Get ready for gcg to make a big protest statement, but what we are doing right now it isn't working! See Vanderbilt!!!
You think it’s hard to recruit now? Wait until you’re running the triple option in the B1G
There is a great sales pitch to players. “We win games, but if you want to develop into a NFL player try Iowa or Minnesota ”
Didn't take long! Pros and cons could be debated for ever. Academies pin you down and make you play assignment football on D. Use smart kids to finesse you. Since we recruit "smart" kids with lesser athletic ability it could well make sense. If you win they will come.
Very aware. The academies basically recruit and roster manage by attrition, without the same roster limitations as other programs. Allows them to recruit “in bulk” and run a lot of practice reps, which is necessary to consistently execute an option offense.
There are plenty of reasons nobody but Paul Johnson has tried to run the option outside of the academies.
Neither team ran the triple option. Navy looked like they ran a modernized version of Tubby Raymond’s winged tee.
I could envision a team with a Lamar Jackson type QB /tailback running a modified single wing with the blocking back becoming the slot option
I could envision a team with a Lamar Jackson type QB /tailback running a modified single wing with the blocking back becoming the slot option
In fairness to all parties, you have to assume Navy was prepping for this game all season. Obviously, it paid off, but unfair to compare anything we're doing (or anyone is doing) to how we saw Navy execute on Saturday.
Sidebar, on Lujan/Lausch...and this is a serious question...did anyone else get the impression that Lausch was trained/coached all season to resist his urge to run first and get more comfortable passing? I mean...I get it - for a kid who always wants to scramble, you want to get him comfortable in the pocket to have an extra second or two to find his receiver...but there were easily 15-20 times this season where Lausch had a first down in front of him and he literally seemed to resist his natural instinct to go for it.
Sidebar, on Lujan/Lausch...and this is a serious question...did anyone else get the impression that Lausch was trained/coached all season to resist his urge to run first and get more comfortable passing? I mean...I get it - for a kid who always wants to scramble, you want to get him comfortable in the pocket to have an extra second or two to find his receiver...but there were easily 15-20 times this season where Lausch had a first down in front of him and he literally seemed to resist his natural instinct to go for it.
Yes I think that may have even been alluded to by coaches. A few games particularly Iowa where it was inexplicable why he ran like zero times in the second half.
Yes. Felt like he had the “governor” on in a lot of games, which I didn’t understand at all.
Easy to understand when you begin to accept that he doesn't have the processing speed for the QB position
